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Paradigms for Prevention & Education
| Risk | Resilience | |
| Unit of Change | Individual | Environment |
| Focus | Deficits | Assets and Strengths |
| Goal | Problem Prevention | Healthy Development |
| Attitude Toward Youth | Youth-as-Problems | Youth-as-Resource |
| Attitude Toward Diversity | Eurocentric | Multicultural |
| Attitude Toward Learning | Mechanistic | Constructivist |
| Strategies Emphasize | Program and Content | People and Place |
| Locus of Control | External | Internal |
| Philosophy | Control | Connectedness |
| Whose Needs are Met? | Adults' | Young Peoples' |
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